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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freda later ask Brenda regarding Patrick?
(a) Why he was running around wearing an undershirt.
(b) If he is in love with Brenda.
(c) If he was drunk.
(d) If Brenda likes him.

2. Why does Maria worry about Freda when she returns to work?
(a) She is very solemn.
(b) She has a bad rash on her arm.
(c) She is coughing really bad.
(d) She can't stop crying.

3. What inner feeling does Freda have about Brenda?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pity.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Jealousy.

4. Why had Brenda's husband sometimes awakened her in the night?
(a) To bring her out of a bad dream.
(b) To talk to him.
(c) To feed the baby.
(d) To look at the moon through a telescope.

5. What makes Freda almost giddy now?
(a) Getting her hair styled differently.
(b) Buying new jewelry.
(c) Picturing the life she and Vittorio will live.
(d) Wearing the new dress she found.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Freda and Brenda work?

2. What does Brenda give to her mother-in-law, claiming that the photos are inside?

3. When is Brenda worried about Freda?

4. What is the name of Brenda's estranged husband?

5. What does Freda ask Brenda to steal from the factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show that the factory workers are very poor?

2. Who are the only men in the factory who speak English?

3. Who is Patrick and how does he become involved in Brenda and Freda's lives?

4. How does Brenda react when Patrick comes to the apartment?

5. What has Freda discussed with Rossi regarding Brenda?

6. What are the circumstances surrounding the gunshot heard at the apartment?

7. Where do Freda and Brenda work?

8. Whose arrival causes a huge commotion and angst for Brenda?

9. What is the setting for THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING and who are the two characters first introduced?

10. What does Freda ask Brenda to steal from the factory?

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